A lack of commitment for over 500 million years: Conserved animal stem cell pluripotency

EMBO Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2747-2749

  Aziz Aboobaker, A ^a   Kao, Damian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL STEM CELL PLURIPOTENCY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERM STEM CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATIC STEM CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PLANARIANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862207341     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.131     Document Type: Article

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